Wacker Chemie has developed a process for making vinyl acetate, a key ingredient in its polymer dispersions, from cellulosic materials. Wacker first converts cellulose into ethanol in a fermentation ...

People are smoking less than they used to. That’s good news for public health. But for the few chemical firms that make the cellulose acetate fibers used in cigarette filters, the decline poses a long ...

While we are often eager to look out for potentially revolutionary discoveries in terms of fresh new materials, the substances that we have been exposed to for decades seem to attract less of our ...

The authors investigate the effects of a polyethylene glycol plasticizer and water on cellulose acetate film properties. Cellulose acetate (CA) is a polymeric excipient widely used in pharmaceutical ...